October Cookbook Club: Recipe Swap & Dinner
2025-10-21 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
You are invited to join us as we revive our Recipe Swap & Dinner during March at the Katie Lamb Public Library in Collegedale. Select a cookbook (either from our library or from your own personal collection) and prepare a dish of choice. Bring a copy of the recipe directions to share with everyone. Since we are gathering during October – this would be a great time to try out a cozy, Fall recipe or fun Halloween dish or appetizer. This program has always been a great time for participants to eat, fellowship, mix and mingle over new dishes. Open to all adults, teens and families who enjoy cooking or baking or would just like to join in on the fun!

October/Fall Cookbook Suggestions from our library collection:
ADULTS:

Kraft Halloween: Let’s Make Something Simple, Shelf Location: 641.568
Love Soup by Anna Thomas, Shelf Location: 641.5636
The Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drumond, Shelf Location: 641.555
Artisan Sourdough Made Simple by Emilie Raffa, Shelf Location: 641.815

KIDS:

Roald Dahl’s Marvelously Revolting Recipes, Shelf Location: J 641.5622
The Best Ever Bread Book by Lizzie Munsey, Shelf Location: J 641.815
The Best Kids Cookbook by Danielle Kartes, Shelf Location: J 641.5123

Medicare 101: Understanding Your Options
2025-10-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us for Medicare 101: Understanding Your Options Before Enrollment! This informative session is led by Mr. Tim Reynolds, a local Licensed Medicare Advisor who is passionate about demystifying Medicare for future enrollees or those enrolled who are curious about any upcoming updates or changes to Medicare policy and procedure. This session and his services are free of charge to our library community and everyone is welcome! Bring your questions and get clear answers!
Drop-in from 5-7:00 PM!

Romantasy Book Club: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
2025-10-25 14:00 - 15:00 | TN
Do you love Romance and Fantasy books and want a place to meet and discuss your favorite books? Romantasy book club is perfect for you! This month, we will discuss The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna while having light refreshments. Ages 17 and up.

Chess Club
2025-10-26 14:00 - 15:00 | TN
Sharpen your strategic skills at Chess Club! Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned player, this session helps develop logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and strategic planning. Chess-themed books and guides will be available for newcomers, and friendly matches will help build skills and confidence. The library has limited boards, please bring your own if possible! Ages 6 and up.

Technology Appointments
2025-10-27 14:00 - 17:00 | TN
Need tech help? The library is here for you! We can assist with basic technology questions like using your phone, apps, or email. We cannot help with anything pertaining to personal information. Please have your login information ready at your appointment. Call us or visit our website to book a one-hour appointment!

Creature Features: Burmese Python
2025-10-29 11:30 - 12:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Get ready for an exciting and unique visit from Creature Features of Tennessee, https://creaturefeaturestn.com/! Our friends at Creature Features will be bringing Grant – their 10+ foot long Burmese Python. He is a really amazing snake with gorgeous markings and fascinating facts that are sure to wow you and your family!
Limited availability!

Once Upon a Time: Children’s Author Fair
2025-11-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Library, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, 37363, United States
Once Upon a Time: Children’s Author Fair
Presented by the Friends of the Katie Lamb Public Library
Join us for a magical afternoon at our Children’s Author Fair, presented by the Friends of the Katie Lamb Public Library! This year’s theme, “Once Upon a Time,” will bring beloved fairytales and stories to life through books, activities, and hands-on fun for the whole family.
Meet local children’s authors—from picture book creators to middle grade writers—who will be on hand to chat, sign books, and inspire young readers. Enjoy special author readings in the Community Room, and don’t miss Miss Bailey’s Fairytale Storytelling featuring her enchanting flannel board tales.
The Friends of the Library have also prepared eight themed activity stations for kids to explore their creativity, curiosity, and love of stories:

Make Your Own Book (Literacy & Craft)

The Evil Queen’s Poison Apples (STEM Experiment)

Plant a Beanstalk (STEAM Gardening Activity)

Puppet Making (Craft)

Cinderella’s Pumpkin Ring Toss (Game)

Feed the Dragon (Game)

Decorate Your Own Knight’s Shield (Craft)

(and more surprises!)

Snacks, decorations, and activities will all follow our Once Upon a Time fairytale theme, making this an unforgettable celebration of imagination and reading.

Dungeons and Dragons Club
2025-11-04 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-18 17:30 - 19:30 | East Room City Hall
Come adventure through a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Ages 11+.

Beginner Yoga for Mind and Body
2025-11-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Local community member and Certified Yoga Instructor Cyndi Allen will be leading us through a beginner yoga class focused on relaxation. We will read a passage related to self-care and then she will lead us in some beginning Cyndi currently teaches yoga around the Chattanooga area – including Chattanooga Yoga Center of Ooltewah https://thechattanoogayogacenter.com/. Bring your own mat (or a beach towel!) and meet in the East Room of Collegedale City Hall.

Crime Reads Book Club: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
2025-11-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
It’s 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders.
An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories?
Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases best-selling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.
Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master’s degree from Radcliffe College.
Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honorary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid’s Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. Atwood’s dystopic novel, Oryx and Crake, was published in 2003. The Tent (mini-fictions) and Moral Disorder (short stories) both appeared in 2006. Her most recent volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth in the Massey series, appeared in 2008, and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood, in the autumn of 2009. Ms. Atwood’s work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. In 2004 she co-invented the Long Pen TM.
This program is open to any community members, no library card membership required!

Local Author Visit: Daniel D. Smith’s The Biltmore’s Mona Lisa
2025-11-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join the Katie Lamb Friends of the Library as they host local author Daniel D. Smith who will discuss his book – The Biltmore’s Mona Lisa – Mystery, Historical Fiction
Author and Military Historian Daniel Smith brings to life this thrilling art heist in his historical fiction novel The Biltmore’s Mona Lisa.
In 1941, France’s national treasure, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting, was moved to the Biltmore House near Asheville, North Carolina, for safekeeping.
German General Hermann Goring hears about this move and sends a special Luftwaffe detachment to America by U-boat.
Their mission is to break out a German art expert from an American POW camp and continue to Asheville to steal the Mona Lisa, leaving a masterful forgery in its place.
Unbeknownst to the Nazis, a second scoundrel has a similar plan in place. However, while his wealth may provide him with the resources to succeed, his greed may be his undoing.
Will this villainy succeed? Only a disabled Army Air Corps captain and a French art curator from the Louvre stand in their way….
About the Author: Author and Military Historian Daniel Smith, Sr. is retired from twenty-six years in the U.S. Navy. After retiring from the Navy, he joined the all-volunteer Tennessee State Guard as a Captain (Infantry). He retired from the State Guard after seven years as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has an undergraduate degree from Covenant College and performed post-graduate work in World History at California State University. After retirement from the Navy, he spent 23 years as an IT manager at the Tennessee Valley Authority and another 10 years as a consulting Senior Project Manager at Olav & Co. He was an associate editor of the automobile magazine Vette Vues in the mid-1970s.Smith was executive director of the National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from 1997 to 1999. He has published four military history reference books, many classic car magazine articles, and short story fiction pieces. His military history books include three on U.S. Navy memorabilia and one book titled “The Medal of Honor and the Battles for Chattanooga. “He specializes in the history of the military Medal of Honor and World War II military history. Aside from reading, his favorite pastime is showing and judging classic automobiles. He and his wife, Betty Thomas Smith, have two grown children and reside in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Medicare 101: Understanding Your Options
2025-11-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
in us for Medicare 101: Understanding Your Options Before Enrollment! This informative session is led by Mr. Tim Reynolds, a local Licensed Medicare Advisor who is passionate about demystifying Medicare for future enrollees or those enrolled who are curious about any upcoming updates or changes to Medicare policy and procedure. This session and his services are free of charge to our library community and everyone is welcome! Bring your questions and get clear answers!

Closed in Observance of Veterans Day
2025-11-11 | TN

Santa’s Budgeting Workshop: Holiday Finances Made Easy
2025-11-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Led by: Anthony Young, Licensed Financial Advisor
Description:The holiday season is full of joy—but it can also be tough on your wallet! Join licensed financial advisor Anthony Young for a fun and practical workshop on creating a realistic holiday budget. Learn how to make your money go further this season without sacrificing the spirit of giving.
In this interactive session, you’ll discover:

Smart strategies for managing holiday spending

Tips for gift-giving on a budget

How to avoid post-holiday debt

Ways to plan ahead for next year’s festivities

Whether you’re shopping for a crowd or planning a cozy celebration, this workshop will help you keep your finances merry and bright.
Perfect for: Adults and families looking to enjoy the holidays stress-free.Duration: 60–90 minutesCost: Free

Lyrics, Literature and Taylor Swift
2025-11-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Library, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, 37363, United States
Calling all Swifties and book lovers! Celebrate Taylor Swift’s lucky number 13 with a night of music, creativity, and literary magic at Lyrics, Literature & Taylor Swift! Join us on November 13, 2025, for a fun-filled evening exploring the connections between Taylor’s most iconic lyrics and the classic and contemporary literature that inspires them.
Activities include:
Taylor Swift Costume Contest – Dress up as your favorite Taylor era or song and compete for the title of Best Swiftie Style!
Lyrics & Literature – Discover how Taylor’s storytelling mirrors great works of literature—from Romeo and Juliet to The Great Gatsby and beyond.
Songwriting Station – Practice your song writing skills!
Cupcake Decorating Station – Create sweet, Swiftie-themed treats inspired by your favorite albums.
Friendship Bracelet Crafting – Design and trade bracelets in true Eras Tour fashion!
Temporary Tattoos – Apply a fun, sparkly temporary tattoo to show off your pop star style
Whether you’re a Fearless reader, a Lover of lyrics, or just want to Shake It Off with fellow fans, this program is your Wildest Dream!

A Slice of Security: Medicare 101 and Pizza Night
2025-11-17 17:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Confused about Medicare? You’re not alone! Join us at the library for a relaxed and informative evening where local experts will break down the basics of Medicare, explain your enrollment options, and answer your questions — all while you enjoy a free dinner of hot and fresh pizza!
Whether you’re turning 65 soon, helping a loved one navigate their coverage, or of any age and just want to better understand your healthcare options, this event will give you the clear, reliable information you need to make confident decisions.
Free and open to all!

Creature Features: Wallaby
2025-11-18 16:30 - 17:00 | TN
Get ready for an exciting and unique visit from Creature Features of Tennessee, https://creaturefeaturestn.com/! Our friends at Creature Features will be bringing Calamity Jane – their adorable, seven-months-old baby wallaby. She is sure to steal our hearts and bring a smile to all of our faces.
Limited availability.

November Cookbook Club: Appetizers!
2025-11-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
You are invited to join us as we revive our Recipe Swap & Dinner during March at the Katie Lamb Public Library in Collegedale. It is football and the holiday season so let’s embrace a special Appetizers Theme this month! Select a cookbook (either from our library or from your own personal collection) and prepare a new or a family favorite appetizer – it could be savory or sweet. We can all try out an assortment of appetizers and compile some new ideas for our own family, holiday and sport-watching gatherings! Bring a copy of the recipe directions to share with everyone. Since we are This program has always been a great time for participants to eat, fellowship, mix and mingle over new dishes. Open to all adults, teens and families who enjoy cooking or baking or would just like to join in on the fun!
As featured this year in the Chattanooga Times Free Press: https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/apr/01/chattanooga-area-cookbook-clubs-combine-interests/

Romantasy Book Club
2025-11-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Do you love Romance and Fantasy books and want a place to meet and discuss your favorite books? Romantasy book club is perfect for you! This month, we will discuss Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer while having light refreshments. The library will have copies available to check out.

Chess Club
2025-11-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Sharpen your strategic skills at Chess Club! Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned player, this session helps develop logical reasoning, pattern recognition, and strategic planning. Chess-themed books and guides will be available for newcomers, and friendly matches will help build skills and confidence. The library has limited boards, please bring your own if possible!

Technology Help Appointments
2025-11-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Library, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, 37363, United States

Fiction Addiction Book Club: The Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
2025-11-25 16:30 - 17:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier.
1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck – in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.
1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Robert’s past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last.
Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.
Tracy Chevalier is an American-born, now dual-citizen, author famous for historical fiction, most notably Girl with a Pearl Earring. Born in 1962 in Washington, D.C., she earned degrees in English and Creative Writing and moved to England in the 1980s, where she still lives with her husband. Her books often draw inspiration from paintings, historical events, and specific crafts or trades, exploring hidden human stories within different contexts.

Adult Craft: Thanksgiving Turkey Placecards
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
It’s that time of year again to “Gobble ‘til you wobble!” We are making fun and creative turkey place cards to help set your holiday table! Have out of town guests this week? Bring them along for a little crafting break at the library. This program is open to participants aged 17+. This library-funded craft is provided at no cost to you, limited supplies.

Dungeons and Dragons Club
2025-12-02 17:30 - 19:30 | TN

POSTPONED - Beginner Yoga for Adults & Teens
2025-12-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Library, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, 37363, United States
POSTONED to Thursday, January 8th. Local community member and Certified Yoga Instructor Cyndi Allen will be leading us through a beginner yoga class focused on relaxation. We will read a passage related to self-care and then she will lead us in some beginning Cyndi currently teaches yoga around the Chattanooga area – including Chattanooga Yoga Center of Ooltewah https://thechattanoogayogacenter.com/. Bring your own mat (or a beach towel!).

Medicare 101: Understanding Your Options
2025-12-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Library, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, 37363, United States
Join us for Medicare 101: Understanding Your Options Before Enrollment! This informative session is led by Mr. Tim Reynolds, a local Licensed Medicare Advisor who is passionate about demystifying Medicare for future enrollees or those enrolled who are curious about any upcoming updates or changes to Medicare policy and procedure. This session and his services are free of charge to our library community and everyone is welcome! Bring your questions and get clear answers!

Fiction Addiction Book Club: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
2025-12-16 16:30 - 17:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Fiction Addiction Book Club will be discussing A Red Bird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.
With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who witnessed it have never forgotten it. Once you experience the wonder, you too will never forget A Redbird Christmas.
Fannie Flagg began writing and producing television specials at age nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and writer in television, films, and the theater. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (which was produced by Universal Pictures as Fried Green Tomatoes), Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, and Standing in the Rainbow. Flagg’s script for Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for both the Academy and Writers Guild of America Awards and won the highly regarded Scripters Award. Flagg lives in California and in Alabama.

Crime Reads Book Club: Dachshund through the Snow by David Rosenfelt
2026-01-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
This Christmas, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, can’t say no to helping young Danny and his dachshund, Murphy.
Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his wife, Laurie, have started a new Christmas tradition. Their local pet store has a Christmas tree, where instead of ornaments there are wishes from those in need. One poignant wish leads Andy to a child named Danny, whose selfless plea strikes a chord. Danny asked Santa for a coat for his mother, a sweater for his dachshund, Murphy, and for the safe return of his missing father.
It turns out Danny’s father doesn’t want to be found, he’s on the run after just being arrested for a murder that took place fourteen years ago – a murder that Danny’s mother swears he didn’t commit.
With his trademark humor and larger-than-life characters – including a police officer and his K-9 partner, Simon – Rosenfelt never fails to deliver as Andy and his eccentric crew dash to reunite a family in time for Christmas.
David Rosenfelt, a native of Paterson, New Jersey, is a graduate of NYU. He was the former marketing president for Tri-Star Pictures before becoming a writer of novels and screenplays. “Open And Shut” was his first novel; “First Degree,” his second novel, was named a best book of 2003 by Publishers Weekly. He currently lives in Southern California with his wife and 35 dogs.
This program is open to any community members, no library card membership required!
